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title: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling"
description: "Takeaway: A perfect book for reading blahs. I am a fan (as many are) of the Harry Potter series. I have all of the books in hardcover, two copies of the last four in hardcover because both my wife and..."
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date: 2016-02-04
modified: 2026-07-15
author: "Adam Shields"
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# Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling

![](https://bookwi.se/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/cover-46684.jpg)**Takeaway: A perfect book for reading blahs.**

I am a fan (as many are) of the Harry Potter series. I have all of the books in hardcover, two copies of the last four in hardcover because both my wife and I wanted to start on them as soon as they came out. I have since purchase all of the books on ebook editions and I am working on audiobook editions now that they are available on Audible.

I am not sure what you can say that is new about a series of books that has sold millions and been made into one of the most successful movie franchises in history.

But I have been a bit stressed and not quickly reading through anything. So I picked up Prisoner of Azkaban as the best of the three shorter Harry Potter books and listened to it in less than 3 days. It is a good book to just enjoy. Jim Dale is a good narrator and he does not make Prisoner of Azkaban nearly as childish as he makes the first two books.

I have noticed that many of my contemporaries are now reading these with their children. My kids are not going to be of that age for a while. So I am trying to decide whether to re-read the rest of the series or save them. Such a hard choice.

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